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EP About this file: EP2160929

EP2160929 - LOW-PROFILE SIGNAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COLOR-CODED SIGNALS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  25.10.2013
Database last updated on 07.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Seegrid Corporation
216 RIDC Park West Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275 / US
[2012/29]
Former [2010/10]For all designated states
Seegrid Corporation
Ninety One 43rd Street Suite 210 Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania 15201 / US
Inventor(s)01 / WEISS, Mitchell
523 Brook Street
Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741 / US
 [2010/10]
Representative(s)Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Friedenheimer Brücke 21
80639 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2012/15]Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München / DE
Former [2010/10]Greenwood, John David, et al
Graham Watt & Co. LLP St. Botolph's House 7-9 St. Botolph's Road
GB-Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AJ / GB
Application number, filing date08770632.111.06.2008
[2010/10]
WO2008US66473
Priority number, dateUS2007076085911.06.2007         Original published format: US 760859
[2010/10]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008154557
Date:18.12.2008
Language:EN
[2008/51]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2160929
Date:10.03.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.12.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/10]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2160929
Date:19.12.2012
Language:EN
[2012/51]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:KR19.02.2009
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.08.2011
ClassificationIPC:H05B37/02, G08B7/06, G08B5/36
[2011/38]
CPC:
G08B5/36 (EP,US); F21S8/00 (EP,US); G08B7/06 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2010/10]H05B37/02
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/10]
TitleGerman:NIEDRIGPROFILSIGNALVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON FARBCODIERTEN SIGNALEN[2010/10]
English:LOW-PROFILE SIGNAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COLOR-CODED SIGNALS[2010/10]
French:DISPOSITIF DE SIGNAUX DISCRETS ET PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION DE SIGNAUX À CODE DE COULEUR[2010/10]
Entry into regional phase07.12.2009National basic fee paid 
07.12.2009Search fee paid 
07.12.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
07.12.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.04.2009Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
07.12.2009Examination requested  [2010/10]
20.03.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.07.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
31.10.2012Fee for grant paid
31.10.2012Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  09.07.2012
Opposition(s)20.09.2013No opposition filed within time limit [2013/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.06.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
29.06.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
28.06.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU11.06.2008
AT19.12.2012
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Documents cited:Search[XY]DE9404472U  (SIEMENS NIXDORF INF SYST [DE]) [X] 1-3,5-14 * the whole document * * page 1, line 27 - page 2, line 5 * * page 2, line 20 - page 2, line 29 * * page 3, line 5 - page 3, line 15 * * page 3, line 26 - page 3, line 29 * * page 3, line 31 - page 4, line 2 * * page 4, line 4 - page 4, line 13; figure 1 * [Y] 4;
 [A]US2005237735  (FAN EAGLE [TW]) [A] 2,4 * abstract * * paragraph [0025] - paragraph [0028]; figure 3 *;
 [X]WO2006015255  (BARD RONALD [US], et al) [X] 1,3,5 * paragraphs [0021] - [0023] *;
 [Y]EP1713044  (BOSCH GMBH ROBERT [DE]) [Y] 4 * the whole document * * paragraphs [0003] - [0006] - [0018] , [0019] - [0021] - [0025] , [0026]; figures 1-4 *;
 [A]WO2004104953  (LUMITEX PTY LTD [AU], et al) [A] 4,6 * page 5 - page 6; figures 1-7 *;
 [A]US2006232962  (ALTMAN BRADFORD [US]) [A] 1,4,7-10 * paragraphs [0027] , [0028] , [0033] , [0038] , [0046]; figures 1,2; claim 1 *
International search[X]KR20030064712  (SONG YONG TAE [KR]);
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 [A]US2003030567  (HETZEL WILLIAM HIEBY [US], et al)
by applicantDE9404472U
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